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Grove, S . J.; Little, M. C.; Reay, P. J. (1986). Tudor Creek Mombasa: the early life-history stages of fish and prawns 1985. Report of Overseas Development Administration Research Project R3888.
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Grove, S . J.; Little, M. C.; Reay, P. J.
1986
Tudor Creek Mombasa: the early life-history stages of fish and prawns 1985
Report of Overseas Development Administration Research Project R3888
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Unidentified species were not entered.
The project was based at KMFRI headquarters in Mombasa, with Tudor Creek (a fully saline area of mangroves, mud and open water) as the study area. Sampling mainly involved the use of plankton nets and fine-meshed beach seines, in all months from February to November, 1985. Sampling frequencies of hours, days and weeks were also employed in order to cover the diel, circatidal, semilunar and lunar cycles. From the samples, prawn post-larvae, fish eggs and larvae, and juvenile fish and prawns were sorted, identified as far as possible, and counted in order to provide data on their occurrence, distribution and abundance. Records of temperature, and some other abiotic parameters, were also maintained.
The fish and prawn fauna of Tudor Creek, is described from the results of the seine-net sampling and is found to include 6 species of panaeid prawn and 135 species (49 families) of teleost fish; additional families were recorded only as larval stages in the plankton. Many of the fish occurred as juveniles, but very few of these were species commercially exploited on nearby reefs and trawling grounds. Differences have been found between the creek mouth and inner creek in terms of both planktonic and juvenile stages, and are associated with a gradient of decreasing depth and dissolved oxygen concentration, and increasing temperature and turbidity from the mouth inwards. One of the most conspicuous trends has been the decrease in fish egg density and diversitty along this gradient, which suggests that while the creek can be regarded as a fish and prawn nursery area, it is not an important spawning ground, at least for pelagic spawners. The existence of the gradient also results in tide-related changes in egg-density which are probably best explained in relation to the tidal incursion of egg-rich coastal water into the creek rather than tidal spawning cycles of adult fish. The latter have not been discounted, however, and may emerge from further analysis of data from individual taxa. No clear indication of general systematic seasonal changes in either the planktonic or juvenile stages were found, but the lowest catch-rates of some species of juveniles occurred during the early part of the SE Monsoon (April - July). Again further analysis of data from individual taxa of both planktonic and juvenile stages, and of the size-frequency data collected, may reveal clearer evidence of seasonal periodicity. The results are discussed in relation to the literature available on similar ecosystems in other tropical area, and in relation to the major problems encountered in carryng out the work. It is concluded that much has still to be learned about the role of mangrove creeks as nursery area, and also that this role is important in the context of future fisheries management and environmental monitoring. With this application in mind, it is recommended that future work should concentrate on the post-settlement juvenile stages rather than on the planktonic stages, and an argument is presented to support this view.
Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) accepted as Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) (basis of record)
Draculo maugei (Smith, 1966) (basis of record)
Polynemus plebius Broussonet, 1782 accepted as Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (basis of record)
Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830) (basis of record)
Sphyraena genie Klunzinger, 1870 accepted as Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870 (basis of record)
Spratellomorpha delicatulus (basis of record)
Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837) accepted as Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837) (basis of record)
Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1926 (basis of record)
Syngnathus cyanospilus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1854) (basis of record)
Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) accepted as Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) (basis of record)
Draculo maugei (Smith, 1966) (basis of record)
Polynemus plebius Broussonet, 1782 accepted as Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (basis of record)
Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830) (basis of record)
Sphyraena genie Klunzinger, 1870 accepted as Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870 (basis of record)
Spratellomorpha delicatulus (basis of record)
Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837) accepted as Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837) (basis of record)
Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1926 (basis of record)
Syngnathus cyanospilus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1854) (basis of record)
Kenya for Scolopsis Cuvier, 1814
Kenya for Spratellomorpha bianalis (Bertin, 1940)
Kenya for Spratellomorpha delicatulus
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acentrogobius cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Aeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Agrioposphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cymolutes lecluse (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Draculo maugei (Smith, 1966)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes, 1830
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Novaculichthys macrolepidotus (Bloch, 1791)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Polynemus plebius Broussonet, 1782
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Polynemus sexfilis Valenciennes, 1831
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pseudorhombus elevatus Ogilby, 1912
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphyraena genie Klunzinger, 1870
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus commersonii Lacepède, 1803
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1926
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syngnathus cyanospilus Bleeker, 1854
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syngnathus spicifer Rüppell, 1838
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829
Kenya for Spratellomorpha bianalis (Bertin, 1940)
Kenya for Spratellomorpha delicatulus
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acentrogobius cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Aeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Agrioposphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cymolutes lecluse (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Draculo maugei (Smith, 1966)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes, 1830
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Novaculichthys macrolepidotus (Bloch, 1791)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Polynemus plebius Broussonet, 1782
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Polynemus sexfilis Valenciennes, 1831
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pseudorhombus elevatus Ogilby, 1912
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphyraena genie Klunzinger, 1870
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus commersonii Lacepède, 1803
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1926
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syngnathus cyanospilus Bleeker, 1854
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syngnathus spicifer Rüppell, 1838
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829
